Juris Laviņš

The elderly nursing home residents for years feel worthless and troublesome. But then a crazy idea strikes them - to waive their pensions and enroll in the army as volunteers thus saving the country from financial crisis and spending excitingly the last years of their lives. The oldies are wise enough at organizing this event and now real adventures begin.

Mr. Schmidt, a young man who is recovering from a recent nervous breakdown, arrives at a country manor. As he waits for the governess Mrs. Rosenbaum, Schmidt is scared by the gardener but then meets a bored, young woman, Vera, who kindly accompanies him through the house. Vera tells Schmidt about a great tragedy. Precisely three years ago, members of her aunt’s family passed away, but the bodies were never found. Mrs. Rosenbaum does not believe in the death of her relatives and continues to wait for their return. Coming close to madness, Mr. Schmidt escapes from the mansion, and the missing family members return from an actual hunting expedition. As it turns out, Miss Vera makes up legends because of boredom.

Действие происходит в послевоенной Латвии. В одном из городков действует банда Франциска. Чекистам предстоит не только обезвредить центр банды, но и раскрыть все ее связи, выявить, кто же прячется в лесах. Завоевать доверие Франциска и выполнить эту миссию поручается молодому чекисту Юрису Вилксу.

Приключенческая история любви ветеринарного врача из Риги, весельчака-неудачника Андриса.